Taraji P. Henson’s wedding to Kelvin Hayden is still months away, but is she eager to get the show on the road?

“Oh God, yeah,” the 48-year-old exclusively told Us Weekly at her Boutique of Hope charity event on Saturday, September 22. “Because I’m marrying my best friend. I know that’s cliché, but it’s the truth.”

Henson also revealed that her nuptials with the 35-year-old NFL alum will be a small affair. “Close family and friends,” she told Us. “All my family, all his family are close friends. Small, intimate.”

The Empire actress also let slip the timeframe for her wedding, saying, “It’ll be next summer, end of June, early July.”

Henson announced her engagement to Hayden in May. “I said yes y’all!!!” she wrote in the caption to an Instagram pic of her engagement ring. “He dropped to his knee and I almost passed out!!!